Fukushima governor demands TEPCO decommission all its 10 nuke reactors

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111228p2a00m0na010000c.html

[font face=Times,Times New Roman,Serif][font size=5]Fukushima governor demands TEPCO decommission all its 10 nuke reactors[/font]

[font size=3]FUKUSHIMA -- Gov. Yuhei Sato has demanded that Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled nuclear plant, decommission all its 10 nuclear reactors in the prefecture.

Sato made the demand in a meeting with TEPCO President Toshio Nishizawa at prefectural government headquarters in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 27. Nishizawa stopped short of mentioning the possibility of decommissioning the reactors, and left the prefectural government without answering questions from reporters.

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"Fukushima Prefecture will build a society that won't rely on nuclear energy, and demands that all the reactors in the prefecture be decommissioned and dismantled," Sato told Nishizawa.

In response, the TEPCO head only said, "We'll sincerely take measures to ensure safety, pay compensation to those affected by the disaster and decontaminate tainted areas."[/font][/font]

[kristopher]

1. Interesting - direct confrontation with TEPCO

The actual decision was taken a month ago:

Fukushima Pref. to decommission all 10 local nuke reactors

The Fukushima Prefectural Government has decided to decommission all 10 reactors in its jurisdiction, including those at the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant, in conjunction with its disaster recovery project, it has been learned.

A vision for restoration created by the prefectural government in August promoted the formation of a "society not relying on nuclear power," but made no actual reference to decommissioning reactors. Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato was expected to formally announce the measure in a news conference on Nov. 30.

Earlier, Sato stated that the No. 1 to 4 reactors at the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex would be decommissioned, but when it came to the plant's No. 5 and No. 6 reactors and those at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, he had simply stated, "It is inconceivable to restart them."

..."The principle of moving away from nuclear power, which was put forward in our vision for restoration, has not changed," he said. "In the future we will have a Fukushima Prefecture without nuclear power."

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[SpoonFed]

2. I guess...

they are really upset about how many bananas they have been eating over there since March of this year.
And TEPCO "sincerely" thinks they have no right to be.